Meridian

In a modern society where all forms of media are inundated by violence, one becomes relatively hardened to violence in mass media. However, “Blood Meridian” by Cormac McCarthy will still jolt the modern reader out of complacency. Written as a sort of anti-Western epic, “Blood Meridian” follows its protagonist, “the kid” as he drifts through the southwest in the 1800s. The kid eventually joins an outlaw band of Indian hunters who have a taste for blood and violence like no other. As the story…

cause-effect analysis and inductive/deductive reasoning, TCM theories (such as the meridian theory) seem to be no more than descriptions of phenomena (such as the distribution of acupoints), without explaining the “why” and the “how”. Additionally, meridian system is thought to have no conformity with modern physiology or anatomy, further weakening its “power” in explanation. In view of this, I would argue that the meridian theory being more descriptive than logical should be attributed to the…

Organizational Assessment The facility I chose is one I am familiar with as I worked there for over 5 months. Meridian Behavioral Health is a large facility that employs over 1000 employees and services 12 North Florida counties. The facility was founded in the 1960’s, it is a nonprofit, private organization. Programs and Services Meridian Behavioral Health provides the community with mental health and substance abuse treatment. The treatment provided include outpatient therapy both group and…

the female body in Alice Walker’s novel Meridian. Walker paints the human body as a vital element in the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s in her novel Meridian. The novel’s protagonist, Meridian, struggles with internal and external struggles throughout the entire novel, thus leaving her body feeling battered and bruised. While Walker’s novel was met with much critical acclaim, some critics were rather dissatisfied with the ending of the novel. Meridian continually stresses her desire…

In the novel Meridian by Alice Walker we see the conventions of sexual freedoms and their oppressors. Walker introduces certain characters and gives them direct agency to emphasize that the limitations placed on sexual freedoms of women can not be pinned on men. She gives the characters, such as the mystery mistress, Meridian herself, and Miss Margaret Treasure, two contradicting choices and ironically they decide to follow the one that leads to further objectification. When Eddie cheats and…

Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian has attracted the analysis of many scholars over the past fifty or so years for its an apologetic narration on how the American west was truly won. McCarthy’s narrative is inundated with senseless violence, metaphor, historical reflection, stories, and symbols; all of which, when combined, effectively create a modern interpretation of America and its national identity. This narrative is poised for “analysis and interpretation on the idea of the post-modern…

up-close view of just how difficult this period was in her novel Meridian. This book shows the amount of unnecessary violence, segregation, and denial of rights towards African Americans that existed during that time. Meridian truly helps us to understand the seriousness of the struggle of African Americans for equality and Civil Rights. Meridian by Alice Walker is a novel that centers on a young woman by the name of Meridian Hill. Meridian is a troubled young woman who becomes pregnant as a…

The Blood of a Thousand Christs What Does the Conflict Between The kid and The judge Represent in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian? Ishaan Trismegistus  Good and evil is the most common form of dichotomy employed in art throughout history. Blood Meridian, however, uses more unique elements to pose a central conflict: amorality or purity and civilisation or progress. The text accomplishes this through the use of the kid and the judge, respectively. The kid is ambiguous in…

Cormac McCarthy is known for his dense literary style and heavy use of metaphor, both of which tend to make his writing difficult to interpret. The passage I have chosen for explication comes at the beginning of Chapter 14 of Blood Meridian just after the disbanding of the Sociedad at Chiuaua because of the massacre of the unnamed city and soldiers. The men have just started westward and there is a price of eight thousand pesos on Glanton’s head. A majority of the passage is taken up by…

Standard Meridian. This means that it is longitudinal in the meridians not in the Equator, making it to be conformal and not preserving a true direction (Chang, 2010). The center of the meridian is located in the middle of the region of concern. The positioning reduces distortions of all properties of the region. This projection is well suitable for north–south zones. Angles and shapes…